Senior Principal Process Engineer Lead
BAE Systems · Austin, TX · Engineering & Technology
senior
operations
Manufacturing Engineer
tech_leadership
· Posted May 1, 2026
$132,962 – $226,035
USD per year
Skills
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a senior-level Manufacturing Engineer in the operations function based in Austin, TX. The posting calls out experience with Ray. Compensation is listed at $132,962–$226,035 per year.
- Role
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Function
- operations
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 1, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
This role is responsible for developing, optimizing, and sustaining manufacturing processes including solder paste screen printing, solder paste inspection (SPI), pick-and-place assembly, reflow soldering, automated optical inspection (AOI), X-ray inspection, chip bonding processes.
The Senior Principal Process Engineer will be the SME (subject matter expert) and lead process capability improvements, equipment qualification, statistical process control (SPC) implementation, and manufacturing readiness efforts while supporting New Product Introductions (NPI) and Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) builds. The position requires strong collaboration with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Program Management teams.
This is a FT onsite position on a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
Job Duties
- Provide technical leadership and ownership of SMT and advanced microelectronics assembly processes including screen printing, SPI, pick-and-place, reflow, AOI, AXI/X-ray, chip bonding, and underfill processes.
- Develop, optimize, and sustain manufacturing process parameters to ensure high reliability, repeatability, and process capability for aerospace and defense electronics.
- Lead process troubleshooting and root cause analysis for manufacturing defects using structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Implement and maintain Statistical Process Control (SPC) monitoring across critical manufacturing processes to ensure process stability and early detection of variation.
- Support New Product Introduction (NPI) activities including design for manufacturability (DFM) reviews, process development, prototype builds, and production readiness validation.
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